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I only move forwards, never backwards, darling.
I see myself as no color. I can play the role of a man. I can paint my face white if I want to and play the role of white. I can play a green, I can be a purple. I think I have that kind of frame and that kind of attitude where I can play an animal.
I wanted to be a 'jungle mom', where you're giving birth and getting up and doing things straightaway.
I was a go-go dancer, too. I called myself 'Grace Mendoza' to fool my parents.
I was born into a very religious family where everything was about setting the right example for the community and having to obey orders blindly. I felt that everyone was growing up in the world, except me. This is probably one of the reasons why I had such a rebellious attitude towards any form of authority.
I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told.
I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
I'm a man-eating machine.
I'm always rebelling. I don't think I'll ever stop.
I'm not a rock star; I'm a soft person.
I'm not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn't like what they were saying. Just lash out. 'Bam - shut up! Hahahah!' I was terrible.
I'm too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.
I've changed. I'm not worried about what people think, because I think people think what they want to think anyway.
I've had more misrepresentations than I can handle, and people have told the wickedest lies about me. A lot of them have taken their frustrations out on me, and I don't like that because it can wound. Not necessarily me, but those around me. Journalists can be so bad.
I've turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It's an absolute no-go.
If people think I'm angry, I don't want to burst anybody's bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it's not really anger; it's discipline.
If you want me to work with you, then come with an idea. Come with music.
In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak.
It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict: our hair couldn't be permed or straightened. So I just cut it all off.
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